Sexual Harassment: Information & Resources

What is sexual harassment?

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has defined sexual harassment in its guidelines as:

Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when:

Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of employment, or

Submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as a basis for employment decisions affecting the individual, or

Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.

Sexual assault is a CRIME. Sexual assault is any involuntary sexual act in which a person is threatened, coerced, or forced to engage against their will. If you feel that you were a victim of sexual assault, we urge you to file a police report.

How can the Model Alliance help?

When we formed the Model Alliance we established a discreet grievance reporting and advice service called Model Alliance Support. We encourage any model who feels they have been the subject of unwanted sexual attention on the job to contact us at support@modelalliance.org.

Who else can I contact for help?

RAINN (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network) is the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence network. They created and operate the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE. This nationwide partnership provides victims of sexual violence with free, confidential services around the clock. They also expanded their services with the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline (http://online.rainn.org/), the nation’s first secure web-based hotline that provides live and completely confidential help to victims through an interface as intuitive as instant messaging. You can visit their website at https://www.rainn.org/.